Zapatista Women -- Mexico's President's Reforms are a 'Fallacy'
Zapatista women doubt the real impact of Sheinbaum's reforms
by EFE | San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico
Original en Espanol: https://efeminista.com/mujeres-indigenas-dudan-del-impacto-real-de-las-reformas-de-sheinbaum/
January 3, 2025 -- Indigenous women from the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) and other communities in Mexico have warned that, despite the arrival of the country's first president, Claudia Sheinbaum, and her reforms in favor of indigenous peoples, their situation remains unchanged in practice.
The Zapatista commander, Mari, has stressed that the 'fourth transformation', a term related to the ruling party, continues to be a "fallacy" that has not managed to eradicate the structural problems faced by women and Indigenous Peoples.
"They say that now it is history because a woman governs, but only for them, for the people of Mexico there is nothing, we do not know, the fourth transformation does not exist," she stated during the international meetings 'Resistance and Rebellion' on the eve of the 31st anniversary of the armed uprising of the EZLN uprising in Chiapas.
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
Indigenous women in struggle, Anselma, from the Otomí community, criticized the Sheinbaum Government, stating it seems to forget indigenous women and all those who have been victims of violence, disappearances and femicides, in reference to the president's phrase: "I am not alone, we all arrived."
"President Claudia Sheinbaum forgets that the indigenous women, the missing women, the murdered women, the women political prisoners, the women absent due to feminicide, the murdered female journalists, the stolen, kidnapped and raped girls, migrants, the searching mothers, the Otomí indigenous women," Anselma stressed.
She said, as women, they see with terror "how war, dispossession, militarization, counterinsurgency, the impunity with which organized crime operates, imprisonment, forced disappearances, femicides and murder against women increase. the defenders of land, water and life".
Autonomy and resistance In contrast to the government's promises and reforms, Zapatista women have emphasized the importance of their autonomy and resistance. Commander Petra, of the EZLN, reflected on the progress made throughout the 31 years of Zapatista struggle, especially with regard to women's rights.
"President Claudia Sheinbaum forgets that the indigenous women, the missing women, the murdered women, the women political prisoners, the women absent due to feminicide, the murdered female journalists, the stolen, kidnapped and raped girls, migrants, the searching mothers, the Otomí indigenous women," Anselma stressed.
She said, as women, they see with terror "how war, dispossession, militarization, counterinsurgency, the impunity with which organized crime operates, imprisonment, forced disappearances, femicides and murder against women increase. the defenders of land, water and life".
Autonomy and resistance In contrast to the government's promises and reforms, Zapatista women have emphasized the importance of their autonomy and resistance. Commander Petra, of the EZLN, reflected on the progress made throughout the 31 years of Zapatista struggle, especially with regard to women's rights.
She said the dream of the Zapatistas continues to be that of a world in which autonomy, freedom and justice are a reality, where the youngest are the greatest hope.
"If we grandmothers and mothers demonstrate it and they demonstrated it, then young women can also do it because they still have strength," Petra said.
Justice for forgotten peoples
31 years after the EZLN uprising that arrived in Mexico City on January 1, 1994, Zapatista women continue to challenge a system that denies them and, however, they have managed to advance in the construction of their own future, based on dignity, autonomy and resistance.
At the beginning of the month, Sheinbaum signed a decree that publishes in 57 native languages the historic constitutional reform that recognizes indigenous rights, in addition to the creation of a Presidential Commission for Justice Plans for Indigenous and Afro-Mexican Peoples.
The reform, approved in September during the Presidency of Andrés Manuel López Obrador (2018-2024), validates for the first time the 68 Indigenous Peoples of Mexico as subjects of public law with legal personality and their own assets.
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"We respect your movement, but also the defense of what we do in Chiapas": Sheinbaum responds to the EZLN
President Claudia Sheinbaum commented that the Zapatista Army of National Liberation became critical of the Fourth Transformation, but that she respects it and will not enter into a debate with them
By Latin US Arturo Cerda 30/12/2024
https://latinus.us/mexico/2024/12/30/respetamos-su-movimiento-pero-tambien-la-defensa-de-lo-que-hacemos-en-chiapas-sheinbaum-responde-al-ezln-131598.html
One day before the 31st anniversary of the emergence of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN), President Claudia Sheinbaum said she respects that insurgent movement, but made it clear that she defends the Fourth Transformation.
Since 2001, the group that emerged in the highlands of Chiapas on January 1, 1994, distanced itself from Andrés Manuel López Obrador, when he was leader of the PRD. The EZLN accused all political parties of the time of failing to comply with the San Andrés Accords to address the demands of the indigenous people of the region.
The criticisms and complaints of the Zapatistas continued until the end of the presidency of Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
“For many years, we, from the university, went out to the streets to defend peace in Chiapas and they made the decision to be critical of our movement, which we respect and I don't think we should enter into a debate with them. We remain respectful of their movement, but also in defense of what we are doing in Chiapas and throughout the country,” he stressed.
At her press conference, the president stressed that her administration, like the previous one, aims to improve the living conditions of the population.
“What we seek is well-being, peace and justice. That is our livelihood, those are our principles, those are our causes. We have always done so and now, even more so, from the presidency of the Republic, we will continue to do so,” he offered.
The accusations and claims have come and gone from one side to the other for a long time. The most recent chapter was in these days when the meeting "Resistance and Rebellion" took place, in which Subcomandante Marcos criticized the Fourth Transformation .
At that same meeting, Zapatista women warned that, despite the arrival of the country's first female president, Claudia Sheinbaum, and her reforms in favor of indigenous peoples, their situation remains unchanged in practice.
Zapatista Commander Mari stressed that the Fourth Transformation remains a " fallacy " that has failed to eradicate the structural problems faced by women and indigenous peoples.
Another episode occurred at the end of last August, after Sheinbaum won the elections. Subcomandante Marcos published a letter in which he compared López Obrador to the eight presidents who preceded him.
“He had the authoritarianism of Gustavo Díaz Ordaz; the cardboard nationalism of Luis Echeverría Álvarez; the corrupt demagogy of José López Portillo; the administrative mediocrity of Miguel de la Madrid; the perversity of Carlos Salinas de Gortari; the criminal vocation of Ernesto Zedillo; the encyclopedic ignorance of Vicente Fox; the militarism and short fuse of Felipe Calderón; and the frivolous superficiality of Enrique Peña Nieto... Self-praise and shrillness are part of his personal style of governing,” wrote Marcos.
Andrés Manuel's response was to call him an “adversary.”
"He is within his rights, like all our adversaries, who are not our enemies, I am not going to argue. It is just that everyone has to assume their responsibility and take responsibility for their words and statements," he said.
Since 2001, the group that emerged in the highlands of Chiapas on January 1, 1994, distanced itself from Andrés Manuel López Obrador, when he was leader of the PRD. The EZLN accused all political parties of the time of failing to comply with the San Andrés Accords to address the demands of the indigenous people of the region.
The criticisms and complaints of the Zapatistas continued until the end of the presidency of Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
“For many years, we, from the university, went out to the streets to defend peace in Chiapas and they made the decision to be critical of our movement, which we respect and I don't think we should enter into a debate with them. We remain respectful of their movement, but also in defense of what we are doing in Chiapas and throughout the country,” he stressed.
At her press conference, the president stressed that her administration, like the previous one, aims to improve the living conditions of the population.
“What we seek is well-being, peace and justice. That is our livelihood, those are our principles, those are our causes. We have always done so and now, even more so, from the presidency of the Republic, we will continue to do so,” he offered.
The accusations and claims have come and gone from one side to the other for a long time. The most recent chapter was in these days when the meeting "Resistance and Rebellion" took place, in which Subcomandante Marcos criticized the Fourth Transformation .
At that same meeting, Zapatista women warned that, despite the arrival of the country's first female president, Claudia Sheinbaum, and her reforms in favor of indigenous peoples, their situation remains unchanged in practice.
Zapatista Commander Mari stressed that the Fourth Transformation remains a " fallacy " that has failed to eradicate the structural problems faced by women and indigenous peoples.
Another episode occurred at the end of last August, after Sheinbaum won the elections. Subcomandante Marcos published a letter in which he compared López Obrador to the eight presidents who preceded him.
“He had the authoritarianism of Gustavo Díaz Ordaz; the cardboard nationalism of Luis Echeverría Álvarez; the corrupt demagogy of José López Portillo; the administrative mediocrity of Miguel de la Madrid; the perversity of Carlos Salinas de Gortari; the criminal vocation of Ernesto Zedillo; the encyclopedic ignorance of Vicente Fox; the militarism and short fuse of Felipe Calderón; and the frivolous superficiality of Enrique Peña Nieto... Self-praise and shrillness are part of his personal style of governing,” wrote Marcos.
Andrés Manuel's response was to call him an “adversary.”
"He is within his rights, like all our adversaries, who are not our enemies, I am not going to argue. It is just that everyone has to assume their responsibility and take responsibility for their words and statements," he said.
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